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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Surf Forecast
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 12AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Evening (06 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 117 | 113 | 129 | 72 | 138 | 460 | 275 | 605 | 1180 | 428 | 397 | 348 | 319 | 775 | 465 | 2119 | 9193 | 8254 | 5086 | 7439 | 1619 | 1180 | 830 | 706 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:09AM 1.71 | 2:36PM 1.87 | 2:52AM 1.78 | 3:19PM 1.92 | 3:37AM 1.85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:02PM 0.33 | 8:14AM 0.22 | 8:46PM 0.25 | 9:00AM 0.14 | 9:31PM 0.18 | 9:49AM 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury
The wind is still cross-off at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay (strong winds from the WNW at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the ESE with a 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 39 min ago
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